Attachment for garment-supporters.



E.'N. HUMPHREY.

ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, I914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITIIOU WASHINGTON, D. c.

eras na onnro ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 TRAUT 8c HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

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Patented June 29, 1915..

Application filed November 11, 191%. Serial No. 871,434.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST N. HUMPI-r- REY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved suspender-end construction, the same being useful particularly in connection with suspenders of that type in which the suspender cords are so associated with the suspender straps that they run to and fro through suitable eyes or tubes as the wearer sways his body, thus affording ease and comfort.

One object of the present invention is to provide a construction which may be cheaply and easily made and applied.

Another object is to provide a construction which envelops and hides, so far as possible, the metal portion of the suspenderend, thereby securing a so-called rustless effect.

These and other objects will be appreciated by a mechanic skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following specification.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a relatively enlarged view, partly broken away, of a part of a suspender constructed to embody my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1 before it is fully assembled ready for use. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4t4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank.

1 represents a strip of webbing. 2 represents a combined tube-carrying and webgripping plate. 3, 4t, 5 represent metallic fittings, preferably in the form of tubes, carried by the plate 2, preferably by pivots, one being provided at each end and one in the middle. 6, 6 represent pieces of cord designed to run through the tubes 3, 4: and 5. The plate 2 is channeled, as shown in the perspective view in Fig. 5, and one or both edges may be provided with gripping-teeth To assemble the trimming thus described with a piece of webbing 1, the end of the webbing is placed in the channeled plate 2, the sides of which are then pressed together so as to be securely clamped on said web end. A hole is provided in the webbing at such a distance from the plate 2 that, by a single fold 9 in the webbing, the tube 3 will register with and pass through-Fthe hole 8. The web-end is then given a second fold 11 so as to bring the first fold 9 (Fig. 3) of the webbing against the main body 1 thereof, whereupon a line of stitches 10 may be employed to secure the webbing in the position shown in said figure. This double fold in the end of the webbing thus entirely envelops and hides the bar 2 and places the bar in such a position relatively to the second fold 11 (Fig. 3) that an endwise strain upon the tube 8 will be distributed between the second fold loop 11, the plate 2 and the stitches 10. Thus a mere line of stitches will be sufficient to securely hold the parts in operative position to withstand relatively heavy strain and will furthermore envelop and hide the plate 2 and the rivets or pivots by which the tubes are secured thereto. As will be seen by this arrangement all three tubes 3, 4c 5, are sufliciently exposed, and are indeed the only exposed metallic parts. It is obvious that the tubes 4:, 5 may be omitted, when not required, an illustration of the same appearing in the lower part of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 3.

It should be stated that in making the first fold 9 in the webbing 1, to pass the fitting through the opening 8, the fold should not be made directly at the rear edge of the plate 2, but should be made at a slight distance therefrom so as to provide sufficient fabric through which the stitches 10 may be readily passed.

Although I have shown my invention as applied to the back-brace, or link, of a sus pender of the type originally referred to, it is obvious that it may be applied to and em bodied in any suspender-end where it is desired to use a metallic fastening or loop, and where it is desired to envelop and hide as much of the metal construction as possible. In the present case it will be noted that the channeled plate 2 not only serves to carry the'tubes, but also serves to internally reinforce the folded end of the webbing so as to hold it smooth and extended, as shown.

The preferred method of connecting the fitting 3 to the plate 2 comprises a pivot, and the center of the blank which forms the plate 2 is provided with an elongated opening 12, whereby the end of the fitting 3 may be passed into the space between the two sides of the plate 2, wherein it will be pivoted upon that part of the pivot, rivet or stud by which the connection between the parts 2 and 3 is made. The length of the opening 12 is such as to permit the fitting 3 to have an adequate swinging motion. To afford adequate swinging motion for the end fittings i and 5, the bend in the plate 2, at each end, may be slightly cut away as indicated at 15, 15 (Fig. 2). Where only one fitting 3 is to be used at the middle of the platig. as shown in Fig. 5, it is immaterial whether the fold in said plate be cut away at the ends in the manner just described.

It is obvious that the exposed metallic fittings may be made in various forms, and I do not therefore desire to confine myself unnecessarily to the loop form.

What I claim is:

1. In a suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon the end of said webbing, a metallic fitting carried by the middle portion of said plate and extending transversely therefrom, a hole through said webbing, a. double fold in said webbing said webbing enveloping said plate, said metallic fitting projecting through said hole and outside of said fold to be exposed for use.

2. In a suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon the end of said webbing, a metallic fitting pivotally carried by the middle portion of said plate and extending transversely therefrom, a hole through said webbing, a double fold in said webbing said webbing enveloping said plate, said metallic fitting projecting through said hole and outside of said fold to be exposed for use.

3. In a suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon the end of said webbing, a metallic fitting carried by the middle portion of said plate and extending transversely therefrom, a hole through said webbing, a double fold in said webbing said webbing enveloping said plate, said metallic fitting projegting through said hole and outside of said fold to be exposed for use, and a metallic fitting at one end of said plate projecting through the open end of said fold.

4:. In a Suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon the end of said webbing, a. metallic fitting carried by the middle portion of said plate and extending transversely therefrom, a hole through said webbing, a double fold in said webbing said webbing enveloping said plate, said metallic fitting projecting through said hole and outside of said fold to be exposed for use, and a metallic fitting at each end of said plate projecting through V the open ends of said fold.

5. In a suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a channeled metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon one end of said webbing, said channeled plate having a passage therein intermediate its lengths and at the bottom of the channel, a metallic fitting part of which extends through said passage, with means for securing said portion of said metallic fitting within the fold of said channeled plate, a hole through the webbing, a double fold in said webbing envelopingsaid plate, the outer end of said metallicfitting projecting through said hole in said webbing and outside of said fold to be exposed for use.

6. In a suspender-end, a strip of webbing, a channeled metallic plate arranged to be pinched upon one end of said webbing, said channeled plate having a passage therein intermediate its lengths and at the bottom of the channel, a metallic fitting part of which extends through said passage, with means for securing said portion of said metallic fitting within the fold of said channeled plate, a hole through the webbing,a double fold in said webbing said webbing enveloping said plate, the outer end of said metallic fitting projecting through said hole in said webbing and outside of said fold to be exposed for use, a metallic fitting pivotally connected at each end of said plate and between the sides thereof, said plate having clearance notches at each end to permit said end fittings to freely swing.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY. Witnesses:

F. V. MCDONOUGH, F. L. TRAUT.

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